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Started by besilarius, June 17, 2015, 07:36:54 PM

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Dammit, now I want beer *and* mead. 

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Quote from: Staggerwing on June 17, 2015, 08:30:54 PM
Quote from: besilarius on June 17, 2015, 07:36:54 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-honey-based-mead-may-curb-antibiotic-resistance-say-makers-2015-6?r=UK

"I feel the need... the need for Mead!"

Time to brew up a batch or two. It's been a few years...
Man I really need to try this, ive never tasted mead. Is it essentially spiced beer?
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In it's basic form of honey, water, and yeast (often called 'sack' mead) it's more like champagne and can be sweet or dry. There are many variations including ones with added apple ('cyser'), grape ('pyment'), and hops('braggot'), to name but a few. As I mentioned in an other thread mead is actually easier to make than beer, though you still need the same level of cleanliness and good mead needs a year or more to finish before drinking.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

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And very tasty it is, too.
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Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
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... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

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Quote from: Staggerwing on August 07, 2015, 05:31:29 AM
In it's basic form of honey, water, and yeast (often called 'sack' mead) it's more like champagne and can be sweet or dry. There are many variations including ones with added apple ('cyser'), grape ('pyment'), and hops('braggot'), to name but a few. As I mentioned in an other thread mead is actually easier to make than beer, though you still need the same level of cleanliness and good mead needs a year or more to finish before drinking.
I have 3 gallons of Pyment that will get bottled in about 1 month, or so to free up the demijohns for this years grape harvest. It will be just over a year old. For the last couple of years I've been making wine from my garden vine - a Mueller-Thurgau-Sylvaner, and have added two more over the last year - a Sauvignon Blanc, and a hardy Cabernet Sauvignon. The SB hasn't grapes yet, but a few bunches (slow to ripen) on the CS. The MTS is fantastic with a heavy crop of black grapes.
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Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

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I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
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